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I guessing you are asking about the time around Martin Luther King Jr... African Americans were mistreated everywhere, from restaurants to bathrooms to buses. The rules for African Americans on buses, from what I remember from school, were that they had to sit in the back of the bus, and if a white person wanted their seat, they would have to stand for the rest of the bus ride, or they would have to get off the bus. A few people, such as the famous Rosa Parks refused to give up their seats to white people and were, in turn, imprisoned. Rosa Parks action started the Bus Boycott, were many people refused to ride buses until the buses changed their rules. After a while, the bus companies gave in and African Americans partially received their rights on buses. Not long after Martin Luther King Jr. fought with many people to finally change the discrimination.